There are some things about Naomi you never knew...only me and seylenagomez knows why.

Chapter 5: Discovering the Cuts

Later on, at the training hall, Monkey and Naomi were training with each other by using the boa sticks to spar. She was a little nervous to spar with him because of her hidden secret about her cutting disorder, but she ignored it and went for it anyway.

"You ready?" asked Monkey.

"Yeah, I'm ready." Naomi said, nervously.

She took a deep breath and grabbed a stick as Monkey starts to use the sticks to spar with each other. Monkey could see that she's getting really good at it and continued sparring with her and she was excelling better with her training skills.

She seemed really confident with herself and that she considered Monkey her favorite to work with and as she was mastering her moves, Monkey could see something in her and he could tell that she's been practicing a lot.

When they stopped, Monkey smiled at her and said, "That was awesome."

"Thanks." Naomi said, happily.

As soon as Naomi gives Monkey the stick back, he saw some cuts on her and he grabbed her paw to see what she had on her wrists. He asked, "Why do you have cuts on your wrists?"

Naomi knew that someone will find out about it and she didn't expect it to happen that quickly. She tried to find a way to cover the actual pain and said, "I did it to myself."

"Why?"

"Well...it's just..."

"Naomi, be honest. Why did you really have cuts on your wrists?"

She sighed heavily and said, "I cut myself...because I've been through a lot of crap when I was in that orphanage. People would often make fun of me, call me ugly and monster and one told me that I should cut myself and have an eating disorder because it'll make me look 'pretty.' "

Monkey seemed really shocked to hear something like that and he felt really sorry for her and he asked, "How long did you do that?"

"When I was five."

"What?"

"It's true."

Monkey didn't know what to say about that and she suddenly broke down crying and she told Monkey, "I gotta take care of something really quick."

He can sense that she's gonna cut herself and he stopped her immediately and said, "Don't cut yourself!"

"How'd you know I was gonna do that?"

"Are you?"

"Does it really matter?"

"ARE YOU?"

"Yes! Because you don't know what it's like to have someone hate for you who you are and that someone calls you a monster for no reason! If you were a girl, you'd understand!"

"No, I'm not a girl, but I can't see you suffer!"

Naomi could sense care in Monkey's eyes and she broke down crying again and Monkey's puts his hand on her shoulder and she said, "I didn't know you'd care about me this much."

"I know what it's like to feel scared and hurt and you have to run away from the problem, but you can't do that. The only way to express this situation is to face the music."

"What do you mean?"

"Just tell the others."

Naomi lowered her head down and knew that if she told the others, she'd be afraid that no one would accept her anymore. She sighed and said, "I don't know if I can."

Later in her room, she felt completely sad and down on herself and she knew that she would tell them, but she couldn't bring herself to let that happen. She could hear voices of most of the Five rejecting her in her head.

'Why should she be one of us?' asked Mantis.

'She doesn't even believe in herself.' Viper said.

'She's not meant to even be here.' Monkey added.

'I knew that she wouldn't be fit for this palace.' Crane said.

'She'll never be anything, but a monster.' Tigress said, with anger.

That part really got to her and she dealt with her pain the only way she knew how. She went to her bag, took out a dagger and proceeded to cut her wrists. She whimpered in pain as blood started to come out, but she didn't really care about it.

As she was cutting, someone opened the door and witnessed her horrifying act.

"What are you doing?"

She turned around and she saw Shifu standing there, watching Naomi cut herself. He could see drips of blood coming down on the floor and he was speechless. Naomi looked at him and asked, "Can we not just talk about it?"

"Are you cutting yourself?" asked Shifu.

"Why is everyone making a big deal about this? It's like I'm doing something wrong here!"

"Why are you doing this? Why? Why? WHY?"

"BECAUSE I HATE MYSELF! THAT'S WHY!" Naomi snapped.

Suddenly, the Five, Po and Musaki could hear her scream in front of Shifu and they went in and to their shock, they see blood coming out of her wrists. Musaki then asked, "Why would you hate yourself?"

"Because I'm ugly! A hideous, freakin' monster that doesn't deserve to exist! I got enough of that from the orphanage and I don't need that from you!"

The 'monster' comment somehow made Tigress seem a little sorry for Naomi because she was in the same boat as she was except for the cutting part. She told her, "I understand how you feel."

"How?"

"I've been called a monster at the orphange before and it would really hurt."

"How do you deal with it?"

"I just stayed in my room and let it sink in. Shifu told me I wasn't a monster, but just a broken tiger. Don't think you're the only one who has to go through with that, okay?"

Naomi wiped her eyes and Po told her, "How long have you done it?"

"9 years."

Everyone except for Monkey seemed shocked that she had done it before and Shifu said, "You don't need to do that."

"Why not? it's the only way I can do whenever someone gave me a hard time."

"So you feel like you're alone?" asked Musaki.

"Always and that no one would really stick up for me."

Musaki puts his hand on Naomi's shoulder and said, "I would stick up for you. If that means keeping you alive and have my life spared for whatever happens, so be it."

Naomi hugged Musaki and cried in his shoulder and Shifu told her, "You should be lucky to have a friend like Musaki."

"He's a really good person."

Suddenly, Arizona came out of the room and he told her, "He brought me out of the darkness of my life and put me somewhere bright and happy. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here today."

All of them gave Naomi a hug and she feels as though she's being supported by her friends. Po told her, "Don't be afraid to talk to us. We'll help you in anyway possible."

"Thanks, you guys. And Monkey...I'm sorry for yelling at you."

"All is forgiven." Monkey said, with a smile.

That's enough to touch anyone's heartstrings. Another character's coming in the next chapter and not gonna give much, but the next one might be somewhat of a fighter and someone who's been suffering a lot in his childhood. You'll find out later on.